Foot in Mouth SyndromeWhat's the worst social gaffe you've ever made? When you know you've said the wrong thing to the wrong person and wish the ground would swallow you up. In other words you've just contracted a bad case of foot in mouth syndrome. Tell us your stories and we'll share your pain.
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rob, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 22:27)
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Professional Tact...About 4 years ago I earned my stripes as a qualified nurse.
I then took up my first(and indeed, current post) working on a busy burns unit.
Anyway one afternoon, early into my career on said unit I was chatting away with one of the patients, a guy about my age who'd suffered in the region of 80% burns, following an accident at work which had set his clothes on fire and knocked him out cold, but now well on the road to recovery.
The topic of conversation was the ambient temperature of the unit(it's alaways fuckin' hot on the unit as burns patient tend to lose their ability to regulate body temperature properly and get cold very quickly and it's weasier to keep someone warm than it is cool), which was pretty darn sweltering.
Firsdt remark out of my mouth to this guy?
'Jesus it's bloody hot in here today, you must be roasting'.
Agonised pause followed by the bloke saying to me 'I think You'll find I was roasted 2 months ago'.
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Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 13:40,
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